CARTES & IDentification 2008

PARIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--After last year’s success, CARTES & IDentification is preparing for its 2008 edition, which is likely to welcome more than 20,000 visitors once again. 520 exhibitors and 1,700 conference delegates are also expected. Universally acclaimed as the benchmark trade show for digital security and smart technologies, CARTES & IDentification is incontestably the global event in the sector. From 4^th to 6^th November this year, the entire community of cards and identification will come together at Paris-Nord Villepinte, France.

2008: the focus will be on e-transactions, iD management and the United States

The United States and e-transactions in the spotlight

Following on from Japan, the United States is this year’s guest of honour at CARTES & IDentification. As a real pioneer for transportation, payment, information exchange and loyalty-building applications, the United States will be our main focus for contactless technology.

Given the rise of contactless technologies in Europe, the United States appears very advanced in their deployment in many applications such as electronic documents and payment cards. The secure electronic transactions market represents a strategic area in which the United States is working very actively and therefore tends to impose many of the new technological standards.

Whether through participation in the conference, a pavilion at the heart of the trade show, presentations or the presence of major decision-makers who have been invited, the United States will put its mark on the 2008 show.

ID management – a focus for the IDentification trade show

CARTES 2008 is reserving a special place for a particularly dynamic sector: identification. To demonstrate this, the IDentification trade show was launched successfully last year. Dedicated to security-related technologies and biometrics, it will be held alongside CARTES and will profit from the synergies of its visitors.

It will therefore bring together all the players offering solutions and technologies linked to biometrics, document protection, authentication, physical or logical access control, cryptography, RFID or even e-governance procedures.

Identity management will be one of the major themes of 2008. Exhibitors will present solutions which address modern security needs and make them an unavoidable subject of topical debate. The IDentification trade show will be an unmissable event for those who want to stay informed about the development of the various technologies which ensure ID management.

Mobile Transaction TechZone: focus on security and mobile transactions!

Following last year’s success, CARTES & IDentification is again this year hosting Mobile Transaction Techzone in partnership with the NFC Forum.

Encouraged by the development of contactless and multi-application technologies, mobile transactions are providing the various players with new applications and new perspectives: NFC, RFID, M2M, transactional security, technologies for kiosks, etc.

The following were present in this zone in 2007: Innovision, Legic, MasterCard, Nexpert, Nokia, NXP Semiconductors, Stolpan, Toppan Printing, USA Technologies. New players, just as dynamic as last year, will be present in 2008.

CARTES & IDentification 2008 will also include…

The Congress: undisputed world leader

A real concentration of information and expertise, for three days the conferences bring together all the latest experience and news from around the world. Based on themes related to cards as well as identification, this event is the best reflection of the market and an indispensable addition to a tour of the stands.

Great networking opportunities, these conferences bring to life the most innovative projects, enabling expert participants and more than 1,700 delegates to debate on all the hot topics of the industry.

The World Card Summit: listening to the top captains of industry

The opening World Card Summit conference will welcome an exceptional panel of top industrialists who will exchange opinions and market visions.

The SESAMES Awards: peer recognition

Acclaimed by card and identification industry players, the Sesames Awards represent international recognition of the profession. The competition is open to all industrialists in the relevant sectors, whether or not they are exhibiting at CARTES & IDentification.

An exceptional promotional tool for innovative projects, they are the pinnacle of years of research and development.

Selected by a panel of experts, the Awards are presented at a prestigious ceremony organized in Paris, on the eve of the opening of CARTES & IDentification.

Short-listed products will be on show in the SESAMES Area located at the centre of the exhibition.

Make a note now in your diary of 4^th, 5^th and 6^th November 2008!

For the latest information on CARTES & IDentification visit:

www.cartes.com

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Dates: 4^th, 5^th and 6^th November 2008

Place: Paris-Nord Villepinte exhibition centre, France